EMP or Solar Storm, no electricity, What about lighting?

Every day we walk into a room, flip a switch and in an instant there is light. We push a button and are spending a “Wonderful Life” with Jimmy Stewart. We move a little device on our desk and can be sharing news around the world. We place clothes or dishes in a box and a half hour later they are clean. We expect all of these things to be at our fingertips every day but within mili-seconds of an...

Our General Store…Hair Care…Volcanoes, Earthquakes and More…Dutch Oven Recipes

This week has really been an interesting one for me. For those who may not be tuned in to natural disasters around the globe may have missed the 4.9 earthquake in Utah recently. Now that is not a big deal right? Right. A quake that small is rarely noticed by anyone living outside the immediately affected area. With what I have seen in my mail this week you would think this had been a 7.0. Why? The answer is...

Money Saving Wednesday…Using Leftovers

I’m heading out of town for a few days and I was originally going to have those staying home to post for me but just felt it was a lot to ask so today’s post will be the last this week. As I thought about what to write in regards to saving money this week I was cleaning the fridge and really become frustrated with the food I was throwing away. Not much , but any amount of waste is too much. For...

EMPs and Solar Storms…Could we be cast back into the 19th Century?

What just happened? No wind, no clouds in the sky, no warning…no power. An EMP attack will happen without warning and you will be in the dark, literally in less than a second. Local radio and television stations will be off the air. The Internet will be down. Cell phones will not work, land lines may work but only if you have a land line phone that is not portable. The entire world will not be without...

Our General Store…The Eyes Have It…Here Come the Hurricanes

It is that time of the year when we begin to think about hurricane season. Our goal is to become self reliant and that means we really never need to worry about hurricane or tornado season or wild fire season right? No, becoming self reliant means we are capable of doing all we can, and we have the knowledge and skills to do all we can, to minimize disasters as they occur. Having a generator in the garage...